Improvement in ladies  shoes



a. L. DAVIS.

Ladies-Shoes.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

GUSTAVUS L. DAVIS, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN LADIES SHOES.

Specif cation forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,5 10, dated March9, 1875; application filed February 5, 187 5.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVUS L. DAVIS, of Haverhill, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Ladies Shoes, &c.; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

In the said drawing, Figure 1 denotes a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a topview, of a ladys shoe constructed in accordance with my invention.

My invention has reference to that class of shoes in which the vamp isapplied externally to and so as to overlap the quarters, and conceal thefront ends thereof; and my invention consists in forming the vamp withlacing or tying lapels, whereby the instep portion of the vamp may beadj nsted with respect to the instep of a person and the underlyingportions of the quarters, as may be desirable.

In the said drawing, A denotes the sole, B the heel, O G the quarters,and D the vamp, of the shoe.

In carrying out my invention, I form on each side of the instep portiona. of the vamp a tongue or lapel, b, the same having a frusto-pyramidalor other desirable shape. These lapels, not being separated at theirbases from the vamp, form an integral part thereof. Underneath theopening thus made in the vamp, I place a piece of leather (of the samekind as that of which the vamp is composed) of a little greater sizethan the opening, and stitch such piece around its edges to the vamp.The lapels thus formed and applied are to have holes made near theirouter ends to receive the lacing ribbon or string.

Having described my invention, what I claim is-- In a shoe, having itsvamp overlapping and covering the front ends of its quarters, the lapelsb 11 formed in the vamp, in manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own inventio 1 I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVUS L. DAVIS. Witnesses:

F. P. HALE, F. O. HALE.

